Kellogg, Lucy Cutler. History of Bernardston, 1736-1900

Location:: Deerfield, MA
Description:: Lucy Cutler Kellogg published this history of Bernardston, Massachusetts, in 1902. The settlement’s original name, Falls Fight Township, referred to a battle of King Philip’s War (1675-1676) also known as the Massacre at Peskeompskut. In 1735, the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature) awarded land grants to “Officers and Soldiers that were in the Fall fight above Deerfield, and to their Descendants.” The town was incorporated in 1762 as Bernardstown, in honor of Francis Bernard, who was the colonial governor of Massachusetts at that time. Bernardston resident Henry Wyles Cushman (1805-1863) had gathered extensive notes and historical documents to write a town history but died before he could complete his work. Lucy Kellogg acknowledged the vital role Cushman’s earlier research played in finishing the town history. It is typical of New England town histories in its focus on information relating to local families, community histories, and landmarks. It refers briefly (pp 156, 256, 263) to Nathaniel Curlice, an African American resident and celebrated fiddler who died in Bernardston in 1818, aged 63.

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